New Job News & Traffic Reporter In Michigan

CUMULUS MEDIA | Detroit, MI is looking for a dynamic News & Traffic Reporter. Our people work in a state-of-the-art facility, take pride in our community and value teamwork. If you can deliver lifestyle headlines, be focused, creative and multi-task and most of all…love radio, we should talk. Board work, remotes and production are all a part of what we do, so show us what you’ve got.

Who We Are:

CUMULUS | Detroit/Ann Arbor currently features 3 stations in the Detroit market and 4 in the Ann Arbor area. Our stations include: Detroit: 760 WJR (Talk), & 96-3 WDVD (Hot AC) New Country 93-1 (Country). Ann Arbor: 1290AM WLBY (Talk), 107 one FM (TripleA), W4 Country 102.9 (Country) and The Ticket WTKA 1050AM (Sports).

Responsibilities include researching, developing and reporting news and stories. Must have the ability to develop relationships with Station’s listeners and in the Station’s community to gather news stories. Will prepare and deliver real-time traffic reports for the market. The candidate must work on show preparation and production, including preparing and delivering live and recorded commercials, liners, audio and video Endorsements, as well as create podcasts of Employee’s on-air shifts and/or to visually record or stream such air shifts for distribution. Other programming requirements and performing other duties as may be required to program, operate and run the Stations and be adequately prepared for on-air and off-air duties. Employee shall be reasonably available to attend staff meetings and production conferences and be available for public and private personal appearances, interviews, publicity photographs, and promotional appearances.

Key Responsibilities:

• Use creativity, imagination and exercise of independent professional judgment in writing, producing, interviewing, taping or broadcasting on-air content
• Great with phones/interacting with callers, interviewing artists/guests and hosting live events
• Connect with listeners via phones, social, video, web and on-site
• Daily social media engagement; website and digital content generation
• Participates in station Programming, Promotions, and Sales meetings and events
• Assist in production and imaging of the station
• Live Broadcasts and station appearances, whether paid of unpaid
• Commercial Production; create killer endorsement ads – both on air and online – for mutually agreed upon products
• Voice other commercials as assigned
• Handles emergency news/weather in show; on call for weather disasters/breaking news
• Ensures logged commercials, promotions, sweepers and any other programming element essential to the station's operations are aired

Job Requirements: